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Monday, October 22, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Guess what...Its Monday! What are you reading this week? This is a weekly event to
list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading,
and the books to be finish this week. It is hostedby Book Journey.

I
have been traveling the past couple of weeks so not a lot has changed.
Still working on these three books and hope to have them done soon. As
well as some reviews. Thanks for stopping by.

Life is going well for
Megan. She’s always wanted to marry a missionary and now she’s working
with Chance, a charming and daring missionary pilot. Then Micah
Zimmerman moves into her parent’s home as a pastoral candidate for their
Conservative Mennonite church—and he doesn’t look anything like the
gawky young man who had a crush on her in college. As Megan struggles
with her own personal identity and faith, she begins to see the true
difference between Chance and Micah. Will her insight come too late, or
is there still time to find the hero of her dreams?

She wanted her husband to attend the town's society-driven church. God answered her prayer in a radical way.An emptiness dogs Mary Lynn Scoville. But it shouldn't.After
all, she's achieved what few believed possible. Born in the rural
south, she has reached the pinnacle of worldly success in Charleston,
South Carolina. Married to a handsome real estate developer and mother
to three accomplished daughters, Mary Lynn is one Debutante Society
invitation away from truly having it all.And yet, it remains-an emptiness that no shopping trip, European vacation, or social calendar can fill.When
a surprise encounter leads her to newfound faith, Mary Lynn longs to
share it with her husband. But Jackson wrote God off long ago.Mary
Lynn prays for him on Christmas Eve . . . and her husband undergoes a
life-altering Damascus Road experience. As Jackson begins to take the
implications of the Gospel literally, Mary Lynn feels increasingly
isolated from her husband . . . and betrayed by God. She only wanted
Jackson beside her at church on Sunday mornings, not some Jesus freak
who evangelizes prostitutes and invites the homeless to tea.While
her husband commits social suicide and the life they worked so hard for
crumbles around them, Mary Lynn wonders if their marriage can survive.
Or if perhaps there really is a more abundant life that Jackson has
discovered, richer than any she's ever dreamed of.

First loves, dark pasts, and fast cars collide in this high-octane adventure.Eva
Lynn Rodgers, the daughter of a mechanic, grew up with a need for
speed. So did her best friend, and later boyfriend, Nathaniel Vellanova.
But when Eva left the drizzling rain of Portland, Oregon, for a
high-powered career in New York, she left both Nathaniel and her past
behind.Now Eva's back, and her BMW—like her life in
general—could use a little love. Her new mechanic is the right man for
the job, but he's got some scores to settle with the girl who peeled out
for the East Coast when he needed her most.It's time for Eva
and Nathaniel to confront their demons. Passionate and dangerous sparks
ignite as Nathaniel's brutal youth rises up and pulls Eva Lynn back to
him—forging a bond that, this time, won't be denied. Coming ... October 26, 2012.

NOT A FIVE CENT CIGAR
An obscure U.S. vice-president once said "What this country needs is a
good five cent cigar." But in this frank, outspoken book, author John
Kimberling argues that what this country really needs is a new political
party. Both the Republican and Democratic parties have failed the
American people. Uncontrolled campaign contributions put millions of
dollars in the pockets of politicians in both parties and make them the
servants of the rich and powerful, who own the government and make it
operate for their benefit, not for the people. It is the reason for our
foreign policy which has earned us the hatred and fear of the rest of
the world and brought terrorism to our shores. It is the reason we have a
failing health care system not available to millions of our citizens.
It is the reason our prisons are overflowing, but not with the real
criminals. Income tax laws favor giant corporations and place the burden
of paying taxes on working people and the small businessman. The "war
on drugs" has only made the problem worse. Perhaps most shocking, the
author explores the agenda of key Bush administration officials who
planned the invasion of Iraq years before 9/11 and then used terrorism
as an excuse for our invasion and occupation of that country, which has
destabilized the entire Middle East. What This Country Needs refuses to
accept that powerful political and financial forces can take our country
away from us. It lays out a blueprint for a new third party to give the
voters the tools they need to reshape the political process and point
the way in a new direction and to a better future for all of us.

Survival (Book 1 of the Guardians of Vesturon), a YA paranormal romance"Maybe I was caught between the two worlds. I was having serious trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality."While
on a backpacking trip in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park,
nineteen-year-old Maddie Pearce finds her world has been thrown into a
vortex and is madly spinning toward the impossible. Abducted by a mad
psychopath, Maddie narrowly escapes with her life. But that is only the
beginning. Her mysterious rescuer introduces her to a world that Maddie
has difficulty accepting as reality. Will this strikingly gorgeous
stranger be the key to her future or will she return to her mundane
world, scarred from her experience? Follow Maddie as she is forced to
make difficult decisions that carry her to mysterious places.Excerpt…Then,
unexpectedly, three brightly glowing melon-sized balls of light came
soaring across the dark sky. When they were a few feet away from me,
they elongated into long thin slivers. Moments later, the slivers
expanded and then took form into three indistinct shapes. I kept
blinking my eyes, not trusting what I was seeing. I was positive I was
hallucinating. This must be what happens right before you die. Then,
the indistinct shapes morphed into three men—three very tall,
powerfully built men. They were identical in that they were all dressed
alike—wearing black hooded cloaks that fell to their ankles. The hoods
hid their faces, but I had the strangest feeling they were there to help
me. **If you enjoy this book consider signing up for my email distribution list by visiting me at www.amhargrove.com or find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/guardiansofveturon or Twitter at www.twitter.com/amhargrove1.**This
book is suitable for young adults, aged 15 and older. It is recommended
that parents inspect and review what their children are reading.Coming soon...Resurrection, Book 2 of the Guardians of Vesturon

Historical Romance Thriller (set South Shore of Long Island,NY in 1947)Can
a sheltered young seamstress, disillusioned by the horrors of WWII,
escape an arsonist/murderer who has killed her employer and mentor,
while trying to decide if she can trust the dashing war hero who’s
ridden into town on his Harley—who some say is the murderer? Erica
Brogna’s parents doted on her and taught her to think for herself. Many
boys she grew up with had fallen in the WWII, shaking her childhood
faith. In rides a handsome stranger, at the hour of her most desperate
need. A woman who is her close friend and mentor is trapped in a burning
house. After making an unsuccessful rescue attempt, Erica stands by as
this man rushes into the inferno and carries her friend’s lifeless body
out.Lorne Kincade can’t out run his past on his Harley Davidson
WLA, the civilian model of the motorcycle he rode in the war. He’s
tried. He’s been a vagabond biker in the year since the war ended. His
Uncle Ivar bequeathed him a ramshackle cottage in Sanctuary Point, on
the Great South Bay of Long Island, NY and now he’d like to hope for a
future again, repair the miniscule place, and settle down. The only
problem is, a young woman with hair the color of mink is starting to get
under his skin and that’s the last thing he needs.

***This is a short teaser story which includes the first two chapters of PROWL*** Mackenzie
Smith has been plagued with horrible nightmares since she was a small
child. In them there is an evil voice, whispering deadly threats. Only
now she is seventeen and the man from her dreams is making appearances
while she is awake. Is it just a figment of her imagination or something more sinister?

Page-Turning Romantic
Suspense Set Against the Backdrop of a Small Mennonite Town Lizzie Engel
is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown,
her family, and her faith with plans never to return. Five years later,
Lizzie finds she'll have to run again. False accusations at her job, a
stalker, and a string of anonymous threatening letters have left her
with no other options. This time, however, her escape is back to
Kingdom, her hometown. As Lizzie becomes reacquainted with Kingdom, she
realizes she may not have left her Mennonite roots and her faith as
firmly in the past as she thought. She draws on the support of Noah
Housler, an old friend, as she hides out and attempts to plan her next
steps. When it becomes painfully clear that the danger has followed
Lizzie to Kingdom, suspicions and tensions run high, and she no longer
knows who to trust. With her life and the lives of those she loves at
risk, Lizzie will have to run one last time--to a Father whose love is
inescapable.